Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Building
Contents

MUSC 198 Pre-Professional Experience II

This course will serve as a continuation of MUSC 197 Pre-Professional Experience I and students will continue to explore the world of music education, through both theory and practice. It will continue laying a foundation for music education, focusing on secondary schools. It will equip students with musical skills and a range of learning experiences and teaching strategies for use in the secondary classroom. Regular on-site school visits at elementary, middle, and high school levels form the basis for discussion and exploration of all facets of the music education profession.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MUSC 197

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Understand a variety of methods of teaching music in secondary schools.
  2. 2. Provide an awareness of the role that music plays in the curricular and community life of a secondary school.
  3. 3. Directly and practically engage in music making.
  4. 4. Display relevant personal and professional skills.
  5. 5. Plan and implement teaching strategies and worthwhile learning experiences appropriate to secondary music education through a range of performing, composing, and listening activities.
  6. 6. Reflect critically on the value of music as a way of knowing and understanding and to be managers of older students' cultural lives through music making and reflection.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Understand a variety of methods of teaching music in secondary schools.
  2. 2. Provide an awareness of the role that music plays in the curricular and community life of a secondary school.
  3. 3. Directly and practically engage in music making.
  4. 4. Display relevant personal and professional skills.
  5. 5. Plan and implement teaching strategies and worthwhile learning experiences appropriate to secondary music education through a range of performing, composing, and listening activities.
  6. 6. Reflect critically on the value of music as a way of knowing and understanding and to be managers of older students' cultural lives through music making and reflection.